DARUL ULOOM TRINIDAD AND TOBAOGO

AMMARA ALI
6 MINUTES OF MEETING

MINUTES OF MEETING

A meeting of the Ministry of Education, St. Luago, was held at the Office of the Permanent
Secretary on Thursday, January 19, 2022.

Present were:

Nadine Johannaley (Permanent Secretary) – Chairperson

Catherine Zeta-Gregg – Senior Assistant Secretary

Bianca Evering – Deputy Chief Education Officer

Aldene Gore – Senior Education Officer, Curriculum

Howard Clunie – Education Consultant

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 pm.

2. Apologies for Absence and Lateness

An apology for absence was received from Clinton Earls, Senior Education Officer –
Accreditation.

3. New Business

(i) Budgetary Allocation for the Committee

The Chairperson announced that a budgetary allocation of $300,000 Eastern Caribbean

Dollars was approved in the 2021/2022 budget. An additional sum of $50,000 is being
sought from donor funding.

(ii) Key Principles and Assumptions

The meeting considered and accepted all Key Principles and Assumptions as they were
outlined in the ICT Professional Development Plan as prepared by the Education Consultant.

(iii) Role of the Committee

The role of the Professional Development Committee was agreed as follows:

i. Refinement of professional development strategy

ii. Identification of new PD interventions as required from time to time

iii. Approval of course proposals, curriculum and course offerings

iv. Monitoring of implementation

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(iv) Membership of the Profession Development Committee

The Permanent Secretary announced the establishment of the Professional Development

Committee with membership as follows:

i. Permanent Secretary

ii. Senior Assistant Secretary

iii. Education ICT Coordinator

iv. Chief Education Officer

v. Education Planner

vi. Senior Education Officer – Accreditation

vii. Senior Education Officer – Curriculum

viii. Senior Education Officer – Primary

ix. Senior Education Officer – Secondary

x. Dean, St, Luago Division of Teacher Education

The Committee will be chaired by the Permanent Secretary of her nominee, the Senior
Assistant Secretary.

The initial meeting of the Committee will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2022 at the
Ministry’s Waterfront Conference Room B.

4. Any Other Business

There was no other business.

5. Date of the Next Meeting

The next meeting was set for 23 February 2022 at 12:30 pm. The meeting was adjourned at
1:50 pm.

Prepared by Catherine Zeta-Gregg

Senior Assistant Secretary